Patni Mistresses and Everybody else - 3 - Page 90

Originally posted by: michifanreal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5hmpcYgiw

what Shabbir is doing in Karachi? Wonder when was that! Looks like he has a lot of fans in Pakistan too.

Originally posted by: LUV_shabboo

Director: Apoorva Lakhia

Cast: Zayed Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Nikitan Dheer




Ten minutes into Mission Istaanbul and any hopes you might have had of watching a smart, realistic thriller, come crashing down. In director Apoorva Lakhia's world, serious news journalists turn up for important field reporting in body-hugging ganjis; they not only leave their cell-phones on during major political interviews but also attend to personal calls in the middle of such coveted assignments; and being a news journalist according to Lakhia means you're the kind of tech-savvy guy who can hack into computers at the snap of a finger.


Look closely and perhaps you'll notice Mission Istaanbul is full of homoerotic undertones. Whether it's the manner in which the camera lingers over Nikitan Dheer's every muscle, every sinew; or that awkward scene in the Turkish bath where all characters dressed in nothing but towels, their torsos glistening with sweat, meet and greet each other with bear-hugs, or discuss wounds on their bodies. Even that wink-wink, playful relationship between Vivek Oberoi and Zayed Khan is nothing short of sheer man-on-man love.





Often even bad films are salvaged by fine actors, but the opposite is true in the case of Mission Istaanbul. The film boasts career-worst performances by everyone involved. Nikitan Dheer is more wooden than a plank, his single expression of rage resembling the Incredible Hulk, no less. Shabbir Ahluwalia as a terrorist band-leader is mercifully reduced to making big eyes into camera, and Sunil Shetty as the Al-Johara journo speaks with an American accent that is indecipherable so you're not particularly upset when he's bumped off prematurely. Zayed Khan is so weak, so feeble, so out of his depth here, you want to jump into the screen and smack him for his unrehearsed' unresearched, unstudied performance. This is one of those performances that will be referred to even years later at acting schools in "how-not-to-act" lectures; it's a performance Zayed will find hard to live down. Vivek Oberoi, surprisingly, doesn't do much better. He's confident yes, but he plays his part with such an annoying sense of assuredness that it gets to you after a point. That knowing smirk, his shameless wooing of the camera, someone please tell him to stop.


This is by far the most hilarious review I've come across, it seems the writer too high an expectation of Lakia and the movie certainly didn't click for him, the reason he termed as a gay piece of entertainment.....I'mlaughing so hard here I think i might just choke, especially his review on Niketan and Zayed have me rolling on the floor.... literally. Thank you so much for posting this I've really had a very good well deserved laugh tonight.😆

Originally posted by: michifanreal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5hmpcYgiw

what Shabbir is doing in Karachi? Wonder when was that! Looks like he has a lot of fans in Pakistan too.

i still dont know how to get my avi back.....😭

Originally posted by: michifanreal

Munee, do you get starplus in karachi too? or you watch KYT online like me:-(?